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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Diamond argues that China is which of the following?
(a) Very homogeneous
(b) Racially inferior to Europeans
(c) More diverse than we tend to think
(d) Less populous than Australia

2. How many large mammals in Africa were suited to domestication?
(a) 5
(b) 0
(c) 10
(d) 2

3. The Miao-Yao family of language is spoken where?
(a) In Mongolia
(b) In large cities from Thailand to Myanmar
(c) Small enclaves from South China to Thailand
(d) Only in China's large cities

4. In what types of societies did writing first emerge?
(a) Places where food production arose
(b) Places were science was a major focus
(c) Hunter-gatherers
(d) Capitalist societies

5. What are the smallest societies known as?
(a) Chiefdoms
(b) States
(c) Bands
(d) Tribes

Short Answer Questions

1. Australia was once joined together what what other land mass?

2. Where did writing develop?

3. Why do pockets of the three language families other than Sino-Tibetan exist in China?

4. Who had an advantage over many of the African societies?

5. Who invented things like firearms and steel equipment?

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